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From: Alexander Gretencord <arutha@×××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Postfix provide virtual MDA?
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 06:26:56
Message-Id: 200208291326.45052.arutha@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Postfix provide virtual MDA? by Grant Goodyear
1 On Wednesday 28 August 2002 20:32, Grant Goodyear wrote:
2 > > No, postfix is no mda.
3 >
4 > Actually, postfix contains both an mta and an mda (a statement
5 > which is also true of sendmail, albeit with the caveat that
6 > sendmail's mda can deliver only to mbox-style mailboxes).
7
8 Well ok that's right, but it's not what I call a "real" mda like procmail or
9 maildrop which have filtering and all that stuff but yes you're right
10 technically it includes some mda functionality :)
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13 Alex
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16 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
17 deserve neither liberty nor safety."
18 Benjamin Franklin